Oddisee – Like Really Lyrics

(Verse 1)Why you want to catch my eye, when you already know that I’m taken, nah like reallyHow you past due on payments, and I’m seeing you on vacation , nah like reallyHow you gonna make us great when we were never really that amazing, nah like reallyTake it back to what, I don’t find hanging black lives entertaining, nah like reallyHow do you police the streets of a neighborhood you do not engage in, nah like reallyWhy a brother get three for a sack while your brother go free for a raping, nah like reallyHow you make a film about Egypt with all leading roles caucasian, nah like reallyHow you saying all lives matter when the stats say we are not adjacent, nah like reallyTell me if I got it all wrong, like I signed on the line but I didn’t read the formAnd the fine print is all about the times we mourn, and the color of my skin means I gotta be strongAnd your hand me down faith said if I was reborn, when I take my last breath that you’ll let me breathe onAnd as of right now we could never be pals, so how are we supposed to get along, nah like reallyThis now more than ever though, all about force and measure though, nah like reallyWhy am I forced to let it go, and clean your messes though, nah like reallyYou take jobs to Mexico pay us less and lesser though, nah like reallyPromised to bring them back, and that’s how the problem gets the vote, nah like really

(Chorus)Really (repeated)

(Verse 2)I be on the grind all day, I don’t pay mind to the date, nah like reallyMissed call vibrate, I find most times it could wait, nah like reallyI don’t talk blue in the face, just to make movement in place, nah like reallyOut of breath watching other man steps and you wonder why you’re losing the race, nah like reallyI was sleeping on floors, making bread instead of bed on tour man, nah like reallyIf you ain’t never cry about a loss, don’t speak about the situation you’re in, nah like reallyI ain’t got a big deal but I’m still a big deal & I feel important, nah like reallyYeah you got a big deal running on a big wheel I ain’t with extorting, nah likeYeah I’m independent and I’m making hell of noise, and I’ll never let women make a Helen out of TroyGot no s**kers in the circle that pretend to be boys, I don’t lend them an extension I just sell them decoysChilling in the cut is when I’m really feeling voids, cause the movements getting muted and it really needs a voiceWe’re just picking between the evils of the lethals and the liarsPeople tired and they really need a voice, nah like reallyThis now more than ever though, all about force and measure though, nah like reallyThis that calm collected flow, done right, wrong correctional, nah like reallyEnough about peace & blessings bro I want that deeper message though, nah like reallyIf you on top that surface, drop that lesson though, preach, nah like really